London: 1942 books

Lost Face is a collection of seven short stories by Jack London. It takes its name from the first short story in the book, about a European adventurer in the Yukon who outwits his (American) Indian captors' plans to torture him. The book includes London's best-known short story, "To Build a Fire".

John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide...

A triangle romance provides the basis for a questioning of the meaning of masculinity, as well as an examination of agribusiness in California. Jack London said of this novel: "It is all sex from start to finish -- in which no sexual adventure is actually achieved or comes within a million...

The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908.

A Son of the Sun is a 1912 novel by Jack London. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in...

Le Peuple de l’Abîme Jack London, écrivain américain (1876-1916) Ce livre numérique présente «Le Peuple de l’Abîme», de Jack London, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder...

Jack London was an American author who wrote some of the most famous novels of the early 20th century.  London wrote on a variety of topics and is still one of the most read authors today.  This edition of The Red One includes a table of contents.

Survivaliste! Jack London décrit dans cette longue nouvelle la fin du monde civilisé. Prévue en 2013, elle survient suite à une épidémie fulgurante. L'auteur nous décrit à travers le récit d'un grand-père à ses trois petits enfants, l'agonie du monde. Ici pas de zombie, mais...

I hope this reads as an inspirational book in some way. I can't really explain the book except for these are some of my thoughts based on a couple of dreams I had.

The Cruise of the Snark (1913) is a memoir of Jack and Charmian London's 1907-1909 voyage across the Pacific in a 45-foot yacht. His descriptions of "surf-riding", which he dubbed a "royal sport", helped introduce it to and popularize it with the mainland. London writes: Through...

Jack London's novels and ruggedly individual life seemed to embody American hopes, frustrations, and romantic longings in the turbulent first years of the twentieth century, years infused with the wonder and excitement of great technological and historic change. The author's restless spirit, taste...

Une aventure dans les airs Jack London, écrivain américain (1876-1916) Ce livre numérique présente «Une aventure dans les airs», de Jack London, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder...

L’Enfant des eaux Jack London, écrivain américain (1876-1916) Ce livre numérique présente «L’Enfant des eaux», de Jack London, édité en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement...

Jack London gained his first and most lasting fame as the author of tales of the Klondike gold rush. This, his first collection of stories, draws on his experience in the Yukon. The stories tell of gambles won and lost, of endurance and sacrifice, and often turn on the qualities of exceptional women and on the relations between the white adventurers and the native tribes.